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Hello Kim,
I agree. Very nicely said and very good explanation.
I particularly agree with these paragraphs as I have
witnessed them myself.
God isn't that hard, and how can he be if he says a child can
perceive him? It may be true that the Holidays originated from pagan
ideas but God looks on man's heart and many a heart sees and feels and
celebrates the rising of Christ on this day, and I am sure God is not
offended by that.
I have come to realize that I cannot judge another man's faith, which
is between him and God. God is not restricted by man's forms of
religion, but he can meet any man's heart in any place, and I have seen
evidence of Christ and his Spirit in people who participate in
religions that I do not agree with.
But anyway, if Love is God's Spirit and we claim his Spirit, and
the presence of his Spirit of Love is the evidence of him far more than
any knowledge or beliefs we claim, then this kind of Love that is his
is able and willing to understand and care for even those who disagree
with us, to look past even offences and recognize what may be sincere
motives. We ought to not let pride divide us or cause us to have
anomosity toward others, because Jesus did not have anomosity even
toward those who crucified him.
Amanda
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